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Intellisense stops working when TS Server is higher version #35458

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Issue Type: Bug

Intellisense stops working when using a higher version of TS than 3.6.3 (version shipped with vscode). Restarting the TS server restores functionality for one request.

I've spent most of this afternoon exploring this, and I'll be happy to provide more info if needed.

Demonstration

First is behavior with 3.7.2 (workspace), then 3.6.3 (default), then 3.8.0 (nightly). Only the middle one works as expected.

Demonstration

To reproduce:

Clone and npm install this repo.

Disable all extensions and ensure language services is using the workspace version of TS (3.7.2), not the default version (3.6.3).

Actual behavior:

Open src/example.ts. Open Intellisense menu for problem items. The first time, the menu will offer auto-import suggestions. Subsequent Intellisense menus will say "No suggestions".

Expected behavior:

Intellisense should offer auto-import suggestions on all menus, when appropriate. See the included gif for details.

VS Code version: Code 1.40.2 (f359dd69833dd8800b54d458f6d37ab7c78df520, 2019-11-25T14:54:40.719Z)
OS version: Linux x64 5.0.0-20-generic

System Info
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CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 x 2300)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
metal: disabled_off
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
oop_rasterization: disabled_off
protected_video_decode: unavailable_off
rasterization: disabled_software
skia_renderer: disabled_off
surface_control: disabled_off
surface_synchronization: enabled_on
video_decode: unavailable_off
viz_display_compositor: enabled_on
viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
Load (avg) 3, 3, 2
Memory (System) 15.55GB (1.17GB free)
Process Argv /home/jack/Documents/Rollup/rollup-plugin-chrome-extension -n --no-sandbox
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Extensions (48)
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(1 theme extensions excluded)

Activity

  1. mjbvz commented on Dec 3, 2019

    @mjbvz
    Contributor

    Andrew Branch (@andrewbranch) can confirm but this seems like expected behavior due to #32517

    npm install --save-dev @types/node restores the quick fixes for me

  2. jacksteamdev commented on Dec 3, 2019

    @jacksteamdev
    Author

    Thanks for looking into this! Installed @types/node, but no joy. 😢

    Current behavior with TS 3.7.2 (with @types/node)

    Notice that the first attempt works, but none after. The problem includes local modules and all installed packages, like rollup in this example.

    intellisense-bug-TS-3 7 2

    Expected behavior with TS 3.6.3

    All auto-imports work with TS 3.6.3.

    intellisense-bug-TS-3 6 3

  3. jacksteamdev commented on Dec 3, 2019

    @jacksteamdev
    Author

    btw, I've updated the suggested changes to the example repo.

  4. andrewbranch commented on Dec 3, 2019

    @andrewbranch
    Member

    Definitely not expected behavior, but it does sound like #32517 could be the culprit.

  5. andrewbranch commented on Dec 3, 2019

    @andrewbranch
    Member

    Ooh, I was having trouble reproducing this, but I think I figured it out. Jack Asher (@jacksteamdev) are you pressing Ctrl+Space rather than Ctrl+.?

  6. andrewbranch commented on Dec 4, 2019

    @andrewbranch
    Member

    Found the issue. The code is not guarded against export default undefined, which firebase used to do for some weird reason 😄 firebase/firebase-js-sdk#2379

  7. jacksteamdev commented on Dec 4, 2019

    @jacksteamdev
    Author

    Andrew Branch (@andrewbranch) I was using Ctrl+Space. Funny, but I'd never heard of Ctrl+.! It's so much better!

    You just blew my mind

  8. jacksteamdev commented on Dec 4, 2019

    @jacksteamdev
    Author

    After npm rm firebase, everything works as expected with 3.7.2. Brilliant.

  9. andrewbranch commented on Dec 4, 2019

    @andrewbranch
    Member

    Ctrl+Space requests completions (same thing as what happens during regular typing); Ctrl+. requests code fixes (same thing as clicking the light bulb icon whenever it appears). Auto imports can happen via either.

    Just to be clear, this is still a TypeScript bug that will be fixed for 3.8, but upgrading or removing firebase can be a workaround if you have the option. Thanks for the detailed issue report with repro steps; I would have never been able to figure this out otherwise!

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